'Absolutely brilliant': Powerlifter Mahant Gaurav Sharma hails Neeraj Chopra

New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) World champion powerlifter Mahant Gaurav Sharma on Sunday congratulated Tokyo Olympics javelin throw champion Neeraj Chopra for winning silver medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships with historic throw of 88.13m.Chopra scripted history as he became only the second Indian and first male track and field athlete to win a medal in the World Championships by clinching silver in the javelin throw final in Eugene, US."Congratulatipitch) gets slower and offers some turn. After the last game's experience, we wanted to bat first again. We gave few runs in the field, we need to work on that. 5-10% improvement in the bowling is also needed. That's what we discussed. Siraj's yorkers, Prasidh handling the pressure was impressive. We are well prepared and looking forward for a good game. I am sure we are going to do much better today," stated Dhawan.Playing XIsIndia: Shubman Gill, Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Deepak Hooda, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj and Avesh Khan.West Indies: Shai Hope, Kyle Mayers, Shamrah Brooks, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran (captain), Rovman Powell, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Hayden Walsh Jr. Alzarri Joseph and Jayden Seales

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